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by The Yahoo! Movies Editorial Staff March 22, 2009
Many movies are good, some are great, but only a select few can be called truly "essential." After long discussions, a fair amount of bargaining, and a shouting match or two, the staff at Yahoo! Movies has put together this list of the 100 films you must see before you die. To choose the titles for the list, we considered factors like historical importance and cultural impact. But we also selected films that we believe are the most thrilling, most dramatic, scariest, and funniest movies of all time. Some of these films you've seen, and some you may not have heard of, but we believe that each one is a timeless classic that you absolutely have to see.
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12 Angry Men (1963)
DIRECTED BY: Sidney STARRING: Henry
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2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
DIRECTED BY: Stanley STARRING: Keir
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Kubrick
Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester
The 400 Blows (1959)
DIRECTED BY: Francois STARRING: Jean-Pierre
Truffaut Leaud, Patrick Auffay Bro's Prose: Quotes from Great Buddy Movies
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WHY YOU SHOULD SEE IT
8 ½ (1963)
DIRECTED BY: Federico STARRING: Marcello
Fellini
Mastroianni, Anouk Aimee
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The African Queen (1952)
DIRECTED BY: John
Huston Bogart, Katharine Hepburn, Robert Morley
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STARRING: Humphrey
Alien (1979)
DIRECTED BY: Ridley
Scott Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartwright
STARRING: Tom Skerritt,
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All About Eve (1950)
DIRECTED BY: Joseph STARRING: Bette
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Davis, Anne Baxter, George Sanders
Annie Hall (1977)
DIRECTED BY: Woody STARRING: Woody
Allen The 10 Most Mismatched Movie Couples
Allen, Diane Keaton
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Apocalypse Now (1979)
DIRECTED BY: Francis STARRING: Marlon
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Brando, Martin Sheen, Robert Duvall
WHY YOU SHOULD SEE IT
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The Battle of Algiers (1967)
DIRECTED BY: Gillo STARRING: Jean
Pontecorvo
Martin, Yacef Saadi, Brahim Haggiag
WHY YOU SHOULD SEE IT
The Bicycle Thief (1948)
DIRECTED BY: Vittorio STARRING: Lamberto
De Sica Maggiorani, Enzo Staiola
WHY YOU SHOULD SEE IT
Blade Runner (1982)
DIRECTED BY: Ridley STARRING: Harrison
Scott
Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young
Blazing Saddles (1974)
DIRECTED BY: Mel
Brooks Little, Gene Wilder, Slim Pickens
STARRING: Cleavon
Blow Up (1966)
DIRECTED BY: Michelangelo STARRING: David
Antononi
Hemmings, Vanessa Redgrave, Sarah Miles
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Blue Velvet (1986)
DIRECTED BY: David STARRING: Kyle
Lynch
MacLachlan, Isabella Rossellini, Dennis
Hopper
WHY YOU SHOULD SEE IT
Bonnie and Clyde (1966)
DIRECTED BY: Arthur STARRING: Warren
Penn
Beatty, Faye Dunaway, Michael J. Pollard
Breathless (1966)
DIRECTED BY: Jean-Luc STARRING: Jean-Paul
Godard
Belmondo, Jean Seberg
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
DIRECTED BY: David
Lean Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins,
STARRING: William Holden,
Bringing Up Baby (1986)
DIRECTED BY: Howard STARRING: Cary
Hawks
Grant, Katherine Hepburn
WHY YOU SHOULD SEE IT
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
DIRECTED BY: George STARRING: Paul
Roy Hill
Newman, Robert Redford, Katharine Ross
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Casablanca (1942)
DIRECTED BY: Michael STARRING: Humphrey
Curtiz Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid
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Chinatown (1974)
DIRECTED BY: Roman STARRING: Jack
Polanski
Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston
Citizen Kane (1941)
DIRECTED BY: Orson STARRING: Orson
Welles
Welles, Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Comingore
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
DIRECTED BY: Ang STARRING: Chow
Lee
Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Ziyi Zhang
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Die Hard (1988)
DIRECTED BY: John STARRING: Bruce
McTiernan
Willis, Bonnie Bedelia, Alan Rickman
WHY YOU SHOULD SEE IT
Do the Right Thing (1989)
DIRECTED BY: Spike STARRING: Danny
Lee
Aiello, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee
WHY YOU SHOULD SEE IT
Double Indemnity (1944)
DIRECTED BY: Billy STARRING: Fred
Wilder
MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson
Dr. Strangelove (1964)
DIRECTED BY: Stanley STARRING: Peter
Kubrick
Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden
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Duck Soup (1933)
DIRECTED BY: Leo
McCarey Marx, Harpo Marx
STARRING: Groucho
WHY YOU SHOULD SEE IT
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E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
DIRECTED BY: Steven STARRING: Dee
Spielberg
Wallace Stone, Henry Thomas, Drew Barrymore
Enter the Dragon (1973)
DIRECTED BY: Robert STARRING: Bruce
Clouse
Lee, John Saxon, Jim Kelly
The Exorcist (1973)
DIRECTED BY: William Friedkin STARRING: Ellen
Burstyn, Max von Sydow, Linda Blair,
F
Fast Times At Ridgemont High (1982)
DIRECTED BY: Amy STARRING: Sean
Heckerling
Penn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judge Reinhold,
The French Connection (1971)
DIRECTED BY: William Friedkin STARRING: Gene
Hackman, Fernando Rey, Roy Scheider
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The Godfather (1972)
DIRECTED BY: Francis
Ford Coppola
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STARRING: Marlon
Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan,
The Godfather, Part II (1974)
DIRECTED BY: Francis STARRING: Al
Ford Coppola
Pacino, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton
Goldfinger (1964)
DIRECTED BY: Guy STARRING: Sean
Hamilton
Connery, Honor Blackman
WHY YOU SHOULD SEE IT
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1968)
DIRECTED BY: Sergio STARRING: Clint
Leone
Eastwood, Eli Wallach, Lee Van Cleef
Goodfellas (1990)
DIRECTED BY: Martin STARRING: Robert
Scorsese
De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci
The Graduate (1967)
DIRECTED BY: Mike STARRING: Anne
Nichols
Bancroft, Dustin Hoffman, Katharine Ross,
Grand Illusion (1938)
DIRECTED BY: Jean STARRING: Jean
Renoir
Gabin, Pierre Fresnay, Erich von Stroheim
Groundhog Day (1993)
DIRECTED BY: Harold STARRING: Bill
Ramis
Murray, Andie MacDowell, Chris Elliott
H
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A Hard Day's Night (1964)
DIRECTED BY: Richard STARRING: The
Lester
Beatles
WHY YOU SHOULD SEE IT
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In the Mood For Love (2001)
DIRECTED BY: Wong STARRING: Maggie
Kar-Wai
Cheung, Tony Leung
It Happened One Night (1934)
DIRECTED BY: Frank STARRING: Clark
Capra
Gable, Claudette Colbert
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
DIRECTED BY: Frank STARRING: James
Capra
Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore
J
Jaws (1964)
DIRECTED BY: Steven STARRING: Roy
Spielberg
Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss
WHY YOU SHOULD SEE IT
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King Kong (1934)
DIRECTED BY: Merian STARRING: Fay
C. Cooper, Ernest B. Shoedsack
Wray, Robert Armstrong
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The Lady Eve (1941)
DIRECTED BY: Preston STARRING: Barbara
Sturges
Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Charles Coburn
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
DIRECTED BY: David STARRING: Peter
Lean
O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn
The Lord of the Rings (2001,2002,2003)
DIRECTED BY: Peter STARRING: Elijah
Jackson
Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen
WHY YOU SHOULD SEE IT
M
M (1931)
DIRECTED BY: Fritz Lang STARRING: Peter
Lorre, Theodor Loos, Otto Wernicke
WHY YOU SHOULD SEE IT
M*A*S*H (1970)
DIRECTED BY: Robert STARRING: Donald
Altman
Sutherland, Elliott Gould, Tom Skerritt
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
DIRECTED BY: John
Huston Bogart, Mary Astor, Sydney Greenstreet
STARRING: Humphrey
The Matrix (1999)
DIRECTED BY: Larry
Wachowski, Andy Wachowski
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STARRING: Keanu
Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss
Modern Times (1936)
DIRECTED BY: Charlie STARRING: Charlie
Chaplin
Chaplin, Paulette Goddard
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
DIRECTED BY: Terry
Gilliam, Terry Jones John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones,
STARRING: Graham Chapman,
Michael Palin
N
National Lampoon's Animal House (1978)
DIRECTED BY: John STARRING: John
Landis
Belushi, Tim Matheson
WHY YOU SHOULD SEE IT
Network (1976)
DIRECTED BY: Sidney STARRING: Faye
Lumet
Dunaway, William Holden, Peter Finch
Nosferatu (1922)
DIRECTED BY: F.W.
Murnau Gustave Von Wagenheim, Greta Schroeder,
STARRING: Max Schreck,
O
On the Waterfront (1954)
DIRECTED BY: Elia STARRING: Marlon
Kazan Brando, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
DIRECTED BY: Milos
Forman
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STARRING: Jack
Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, William Redfield
N
Paths of Glory (1978)
DIRECTED BY: Stanley STARRING: Kirk
Kubrick
Douglas, Ralph Meeker, Adolphe Menjou
WHY YOU SHOULD SEE IT
Princess Mononoke (1999)
DIRECTED BY: Hayao STARRING: Billy
Miyazaki
Crudup, Billy Bob Thornton, Minnie Driver
Psycho (1960)
DIRECTED BY: Alfred STARRING: Anthony
Hitchcock
Perkins, Janet Leigh
Pulp Fiction (1994)
DIRECTED BY: Quentin STARRING: John
Tarantino
Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thurman
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Raging Bull (1980)
DIRECTED BY: Martin STARRING: Robert
Scorsese
De Niro, Cathy Moriarty-Gentile, Joe Pesci
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
DIRECTED BY: Steven STARRING: Harrison
Spielberg
Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman
Raise the Red Lantern (1992)
DIRECTED BY: Zhang
Yimou
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STARRING: Gong
Li, He Caifei, Cao Cuifeng
Rashomon (1951)
DIRECTED BY: Akira STARRING: Toshiro
Kurosawa Mifune, Masayuki Mori, Machiko Kyo
WHY YOU SHOULD SEE IT
Rear Window (1954)
DIRECTED BY: Alfred STARRING: James
Hitchcock
Stewart, Grace Kelly, Raymond Burr
Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
DIRECTED BY: Nicholas STARRING: James
Ray
Dean, Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo
Rocky (1976)
DIRECTED BY: John
Avildsen Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young
STARRING: Sylvester
Roman Holiday (1953)
DIRECTED BY: William Wyler STARRING: Gregory
Peck, Audrey Hepburn, Eddie Albert
S
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
DIRECTED BY: Steven
Spielberg Tom Sizemore
STARRING: Tom Hanks,
WHY YOU SHOULD SEE IT
Schindler's List (1993)
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DIRECTED BY: Steven
Spielberg Ben Kingsley, Ralph Fiennes
STARRING: Liam Neeson,
The Searchers (1956)
DIRECTED BY: John STARRING: John
Ford
Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, Vera Miles
Seven Samurai (1954)
DIRECTED BY: Akira STARRING: Takashi
Kurosawa Shimura, Toshiro Mifune, Yoshio Inaba
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
DIRECTED BY: Frank
Darabont Morgan Freeman
STARRING: Tim Robbins,
The Silence of the Lambs (1994)
DIRECTED BY: Jonathan STARRING: Jodie
Demme
Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Scott Glenn
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
DIRECTED BY: Stanley STARRING: Gene
Donen, Gene Kelley
Kelly, Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
DIRECTED BY: David STARRING: Adriana
Hand
Caselotti, Harry Stockwell
WHY YOU SHOULD SEE IT
Some Like It Hot (1959)
DIRECTED BY: Billy STARRING: Marilyn
Wilder Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon
The Sound of Music (1965)
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DIRECTED BY: Robert STARRING: Julie
Wise
Andrews, Christopher Plummer
Star Wars (1977)
DIRECTED BY: George STARRING: Mark
Lucas
Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher
Sunset Blvd. (1950)
DIRECTED BY: Billy
Wilder Gloria Swanson, Erich von Stroheim
STARRING: William Holden,
T
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
DIRECTED BY: James STARRING: Arnold
Cameron
Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton
The Third Man (1949)
DIRECTED BY: Carol STARRING: Joseph
Reed
Cotten, Alida Valli, Orson Welles
This is Spinal Tap (1984)
DIRECTED BY: Rob STARRING: Rob
Reiner
Reiner, Michael McKean, Christopher Guest
Titanic (1997)
DIRECTED BY: James STARRING: Leonardo
Cameron DiCaprio, Kate Winslet
WHY YOU SHOULD SEE IT
To Kill a Mockingbird (1949)
DIRECTED BY: Robert STARRING: Gregory
Mulligan
Peck, Mary Badham, Phillip Alford
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Toy Story (1995)
DIRECTED BY: John
Lasseter Tim Allen, Don Rickles
STARRING: Tom Hanks,
U
The Usual Suspects (1995)
DIRECTED BY: Bryan STARRING: Kevin
Singer
Spacey, Gabriel Byrne
WHY YOU SHOULD SEE IT
V
Vertigo (1958)
DIRECTED BY: Alfred STARRING: James
Hitchcock
Stewart, Kim Novak
WHY YOU SHOULD SEE IT
W
When Harry Met Sally... (1989)
DIRECTED BY: Rob STARRING: Billy
Reiner
Crystal, Meg Ryan, Carrie Fisher
Wild Strawberries (1957)
DIRECTED BY: Ingmar STARRING: Victor
Bergman
Sjostrom, Gunnar Bjornstrand, Ingrid Thulin
Wings of Desire (1988)
DIRECTED BY: Wim Wenders STARRING: Bruno
Ganz, Solveig Dommartin, Otto Sander
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The Wizard of Oz (1939)
DIRECTED BY: Victor STARRING: Judy
Fleming
Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
(1988)
DIRECTED BY: Pedro STARRING: Carmen
Almodovar
Maura, Antonio Banderas
WHY YOU SHOULD SEE IT
The World of Apu (1959)
DIRECTED BY: Satyajit STARRING: Soumitra
Ray
Chatterjee, Sharmila Tagore, Swampan Mukerjee,
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